WicksHoward

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Howard Wicks (May 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by CommanderWaterford were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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CommanderWaterford (talk) 16:15, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

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COI

Hello, WicksHoward. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.--VViking_TalkEdits 14:16, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

I am the personal assistant to Howard Wicks who is the founder of the Locked-in Trust and we work together, sometimes I act as his hands which is why I am typing this. I have tried to add Howard to the list of 'People with Locked-in Syndrome' page and also the page regarding Brain Stem stroke. Howard and I are new to this so if we are doing something wrong please spell it out rather than simply making generalisations.

Response

You wanted the reasons why I have removed your edits in layman's terms, the best I can do is what has already been posted above. First you have a COI, and are considered Paid, next Wicks is Not notable according to WP policies and should not be included in the articles.VViking_TalkEdits 15:24, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Howard Wicks

What makes most of the other people listed as having locked-in syndrome more notable? Howard has set up a charity to help other people with locked-in syndrome so I do not understand how he is less notable than many of the other people listed - how do we go about changing that? in any case the page is titled 'List of people with locked-in syndrome' - Howard has locked in syndrome which can clearly be authenticated on his charity's website - hence referencing it. I don't understand what the conflict of interest is, I thought it might be the sharing of the site that shares Howard's personal story so I removed that. I left the trusts website to authenticate who he is and what makes him notable. Thank you for your assistance.

A conflict of interest restriction applies when an editor has a personal contact with the person they are attempting to create an article about. Creating an article while having a COI is not forbidden, but the editors are expected to state the nature of their connection on their User page. The requirement is mandatory for paid editing. Undisclosed paid editing is grounds for being indefinitely blocked from all future editing. Wikipedia defines notability as there being several publications about the subject of a proposed article, published in reliable source publications (major newspapers, magazines, etc.). What is on a person's own website, press releases, interviews... do not count. Establishing a charitable trust is admirable, but not sufficient. As I replied at Teahouse, people need to be subjects of articles to be included in list articles. David notMD (talk) 23:43, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Howard Wicks

Hello, WicksHoward. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Howard Wicks, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:01, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Howard Wicks

Hello, WicksHoward. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Howard Wicks".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:15, 4 November 2021 (UTC)